This Hungarian animated show, produced by Pannonia Film Studio, revolves around the life of a Dysfunctional Family: Bumbling Dad Géza, his bossy wife Paula, their ditzy daugher Kriszta and genius son Aladár, along with their pets Blöki the dog and Maffia the cat. Rounding out the cast is their Deadpan Snarker neighbour Máris, and, in the first series, their 30th century descendant MZ/X.

Three series have been produced, in 1968-69, 1974 and 1978, respectively, with vastly different plotlines. In the first series, Üzenet a jövőből: A Mézga család különös kalandjai (Message from the Future: The Strange Adventures of the Mézga Family), Aladár contats MZ/X on his radio. Once an Episode, Géza and Aladár are given various tasks by Paula, and try to resolve them by asking help from their future relative. Hilarity Ensues. In the second series, Mézga Aladár különös kalandjai (The Strange Adventures of Aladár Mézga), Aladár builds a spaceship and visits various Planets of Hats, accompanied by Blöki. In the third and final series, Vakáción a Mézga család (The Mézgas on a Vacation), the Mézgas and Máris go to Australia to meet Paula's former fiancée, the Con Artist Pisti Hufnágel, and the family ends up on a World Tour. The last series notably lacks the sci-fi elements of the first two.

Created mainly for adult audiences, the show was very popular in Hungary for its witty plot and unique, surreal humour. It has been dubbed to German, Slovakian, Czech and Italian.

The Ghost: Pisti Hufnágel. Beginning as a Running Gag in the first series, Paula often wishes she'd married him instead of Géza; in the third series he bets a more prominent role, as he kicks off the plot by inviting the family to Australia.

Only Sane Man: Aladár and Máris. The former is a Teen Genius who occasionally takes advantage of his gullible family, the latter is a grumpy Deadpan Snarker who often makes comments on his neighbours' idiocy.

Planet of Hats: All the planets Aladár visits in the second series are themed around something.

Starfish Aliens: The family gets attacked by two of these in the space picnic episode.

Strictly Formula: All episodes in the first series had the following plotline: Géza or one of his family members has a trivial problem; Géza asks for a device from the future to solve it; the device goes wrong and chaos ensues until it is destroyed.

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